Treatment of Staphylococcus epidermidis ventriculo-peritoneal shunt infection with linezolid

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作者：

Gill, CJ

Murphy, MA

Hamer, DH

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[1] Tufts Univ New England Med Ctr, Div Geog Med & Infect Dis, Boston, MA 02111 USA

[2] Tufts Univ New England Med Ctr, Div Clin Care Res, Boston, MA 02111 USA

[3] Tufts Univ, Sch Med, Boston, MA 02111 USA

[4] Boston Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Int Hlth, Boston, MA USA

[5] Brown Univ, Rhode Isl Hosp, Providence, RI 02903 USA

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JOURNAL OF INFECTION | 2002年 / 45卷 / 02期

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D O I：

10.1053/jinf.2002.0979

中图分类号：

R51 [传染病];

学科分类号：

100401 ;

摘要：

Gram-positive bacterial meningitis frequently complicates ventriculo-peritoneal (VP) shunts used for hydrocephalus. Linezolid, an oxazolidinone, is active against Gram-positive cocci, and has excellent CSF penetration. We present a 22-year-old woman who was cured of a Staphylococcus epidermidis VP shunt infection via shunt removal and intravenous linezolid. (C) 2002 The British Infection Society.

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